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Best Average in 2008: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 2008 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2008
190 entries
1
11.45
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
0.54 clear of Ajantha Mendis
2
11.99
Ajantha Mendis
SL
0.54 off the lead
3
12.00
Dewald Nel
SCO
0.55 off the lead
● LEADS
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
11.45 · 0.54 better than Mendis
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
16.50
The mark at number ten — 180 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Canada
6 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented
Best Average — full list
190 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
11.45
2
Ajantha Mendis
SL
11.99
3
Dewald Nel
SCO
12.00
4
Pieter Seelaar
NED
14.45
5
Alex Cusack
IRE
14.71
6
John Blain
SCO
15.05
7
Robin Peterson
SA
15.67
8
Zahid Shah
UAE
16.33
9
George O'Brien
BER
16.44
10
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
16.50
11
Nathan Bracken
AUS
16.88
12
Not on record
DEN
17.75
13
Umar Gul
PAK
17.97
14
Edgar Schiferli
NED
18.14
15
Not on record
ITL
18.17
16
Stefan Kelly
BER
18.33
17
Wahab Riaz
PAK
19.00
17
Grant Elliott
NZ
19.00
18
Not on record
DEN
19.33
19
Andre Botha
IRE
19.39
20
Shaun Pollock
SA
19.58
21
Balaji Rao
CAN
19.63
22
Tamauri Tucker
BER
19.83
23
Charl Langeveldt
SA
20.25
24
Not on record
DEN
20.40
25
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
20.71
26
Kemar Roach
WI
21.40
27
Not on record
ITL
21.60
28
Johan Botha
SA
21.75
29
Dale Steyn
SA
21.88
30
Monde Zondeki
SA
22.00
31
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
22.14
32
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
22.37
33
Iain O'Brien
NZ
22.54
34
Tony Suji
KEN
23.20
35
Michael Mason
NZ
23.25
36
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
23.29
37
Farveez Maharoof
SL
23.31
38
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
23.40
39
Umar Bhatti
CAN
23.40
40
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
23.43
41
Not on record
ITL
23.75
42
Peter Borren
NED
24.14
43
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
24.23
44
Jacob Oram
NZ
24.37
45
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
24.51
46
Henry Osinde
CAN
24.71
47
Peter Connell
IRE
24.87
48
Shane Watson
AUS
24.95
49
Steve Tikolo
KEN
25.00
50
Albie Morkel
SA
25.06
51
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
25.31
52
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
25.36
53
Daniel Vettori
NZ
25.63
54
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
25.83
55
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
26.00
56
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
26.09
57
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
26.10
58
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
26.67
59
Thilan Thushara
SL
26.80
60
Stuart Clark
AUS
26.81
61
Jeetan Patel
NZ
26.87
62
Shahid Afridi
PAK
26.89
63
Andre Nel
SA
26.96
64
James Hopes
AUS
27.07
65
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
27.09
66
Richie Berrington
SCO
27.14
67
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
27.25
68
Eion Katchay
CAN
27.29
69
Praveen Kumar
IND
27.59
70
Not on record
ITL
27.75
71
Jacques Kallis
SA
27.94
72
Tim Southee
NZ
28.11
73
Munaf Patel
IND
28.21
74
Alok Kapali
BAN
28.33
74
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
28.33
75
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
28.49
76
Ray Price
ZIM
28.64
77
Nikita Miller
WI
28.90
78
Irving Romaine
BER
29.00
78
Samit Patel
ENG
29.00
79
Jerome Taylor
WI
29.02
80
Abdur Rauf
PAK
29.13
81
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
29.25
82
Shoaib Malik
PAK
29.26
83
Sohail Khan
PAK
29.50
84
Glenn Rogers
SCO
29.60
85
Amit Mishra
IND
29.65
86
Graeme Swann
ENG
29.75
87
Kyle Mills
NZ
29.92
88
Jesse Ryder
NZ
30.00
89
Zaheer Khan
IND
30.16
90
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
30.19
91
Dilhara Fernando
SL
30.42
92
Makhaya Ntini
SA
30.50
93
Brett Lee
AUS
30.65
94
Lasith Malinga
SL
30.67
95
Harbhajan Singh
IND
30.90
96
Ishant Sharma
IND
31.11
97
Andrew Symonds
AUS
31.20
98
Not on record
DEN
31.67
99
Morne Morkel
SA
31.88
100
Chris Martin
NZ
31.98
101
Stuart Broad
ENG
32.05
102
Mark Gillespie
NZ
32.29
103
Dave Mohammed
WI
32.50
104
Peter Ongondo
KEN
32.56
105
Paul Collingwood
ENG
32.74
106
Kyle McCallan
IRE
32.93
107
Monty Panesar
ENG
33.13
108
Fidel Edwards
WI
33.23
109
Gary Kidd
IRE
33.80
110
Gordon Drummond
SCO
34.14
111
Ryan Watson
SCO
34.33
112
Dwayne Bravo
WI
34.36
113
Virender Sehwag
IND
34.39
114
Pragyan Ojha
IND
34.60
115
Fawad Alam
PAK
34.67
116
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
34.75
117
Dhammika Prasad
SL
34.80
118
Piyush Chawla
IND
35.15
119
Farhad Reza
BAN
35.25
120
Chaminda Vaas
SL
35.27
121
Rodney Trott
BER
35.57
122
Chris Gayle
WI
36.32
123
Naeem Islam
BAN
36.50
124
James Anderson
ENG
36.87
125
Najeeb Amar
HK
37.50
126
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
37.63
127
Brendan Nash
WI
37.80
128
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
38.00
129
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
38.33
130
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
38.50
131
Abdur Razzak
BAN
38.73
132
Michael Clarke
AUS
39.15
133
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
39.20
134
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
39.25
135
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
39.51
136
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
40.00
137
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
40.17
138
Sreesanth
IND
40.85
139
Steve Harmison
ENG
41.93
140
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
42.00
141
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
42.50
142
Irfan Pathan
IND
42.52
143
Cameron White
AUS
42.60
144
Beau Casson
AUS
43.00
145
Paul Harris
SA
43.11
146
Jason Krejza
AUS
43.23
147
Rawl Lewis
WI
43.33
148
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
43.70
149
RP Singh
IND
44.48
150
Yuvraj Singh
IND
45.46
151
Yusuf Pathan
IND
46.00
152
Trent Johnston
IRE
46.50
153
Peter Siddle
AUS
46.56
154
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
46.60
155
Lionel Baker
WI
47.17
156
Luke Wright
ENG
47.75
157
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
47.80
158
Darren Pattinson
ENG
48.00
158
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
48.00
159
Brad Hogg
AUS
48.67
160
Syed Rasel
BAN
49.29
161
Daren Powell
WI
49.75
162
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
50.50
163
Anil Kumble
IND
51.07
164
Dwayne Leverock
BER
53.33
165
Darren Sammy
WI
55.21
166
Sajedul Islam
BAN
58.33
167
Marlon Samuels
WI
59.25
168
James Franklin
NZ
59.67
169
Not on record
ITL
61.50
170
Scott Styris
NZ
62.20
171
Sulieman Benn
WI
62.67
172
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
62.80
173
Stuart MacGill
AUS
65.00
174
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
66.00
175
Khurram Khan
UAE
66.50
176
Michael Hussey
AUS
77.00
177
Johann Louw
SA
83.00
178
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
89.00
179
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
96.00
179
Amit Jaggernauth
WI
96.00
180
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
100.00
181
Mahmudullah
BAN
100.83
182
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
151.00
183
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
BHR
155.00
184
Gary Brent
ZIM
167.00
185
Rangana Herath
SL
214.00
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